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Grim Riders
For five years, Nathan Partridge languished in the Arizona Territorial Prison. All he had to keep him going was his wife, and $80,000 in hidden robbery money. Then his farmhouse burned down and his wife with it. Now he's busted out to claim what's his. Only the money's gone. The trail leads to Dead Creek, and possibly his wife, who might not be so dead as first thought. But it's a trail painted in blood, for Partridge is a hunted man-by desperadoes, by bounty hunters, and by the law. There's a relentless federal marshal hounding him and two deranged Virginia manhunters whose favorite prey is human. But Partridge's most desperate enemy might be his sadistic, homicidal father. Things are about to get ugly in Dead Creek...
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Tim Curran
149 books599 followersTim Curran lives in Michigan and is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, Resurrection, The Devil Next Door, and Biohazard, as well as the novella The Corpse King. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, and anthologies such as Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and Vile Things.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
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December 14, 2017
I bought this a while back, and for some unfathomable reason, just got around to reading it.
Nathan Partridge, who was a resident at Yuma Prison, Arizona Territory, escapes incarceration and is making his way home to Chimney Flats. Eight months earlier, a Superintendent at Yuma Prison, told him his farmhouse had burned to the ground and that his wife, Anna Marie, was killed in the fire. So, he hatches a plan to escape. Luckily, opportunity knocks, when some other prisoners decide to make a break for it, allowing him to escape, too.
The only thing that's kept him going, for the past five years is the thought of his wife and $80,000 in robbery money, which he had stashed away in the root cellar of the property. With his wife (supposedly) dead, that just leaves the money, which he believes will still be there for the taking. Or so he hopes.
With a bounty on his head, just about everybody is going to be looking to bring him in: bounty hunters, renegade Indians, miners, soldiers, etc, and a Deputy U.S. Marshal, John Pepper, who is renowned for not backing down, until he's caught his quarry. There are a myriad of other people out to get him, as well, and it's not for the bounty: it's because they know about the robbery money, too.
The Farren brothers, Coy and Lyle are probably the most disturbing characters. They spent some time at Elmira Camp, which was a Confederate Prison Camp during the Civil War, which reminded me of Camp Sumter, Andersonville, where the Union Soldiers were imprisoned.
Actually, Black Jake 'Devil Face' is the most repulsive character, then the Farren brothers.
The story is told from multiple POV - with each main character having sporadic flashbacks, giving some of their backstory. One of my favourite flashbacks, was of Partridge when he first met/joined Ben Kirkby's gang of Rustlers - and Kirkby is telling him about Apache Gerou, and that he's taking his place. That was quite amusing.
In summation: I really enjoyed this horror/western, more than I thought I would. It's packed with dark humour - which was strangely amusing, at times. I liked the flashbacks of: Partridge, Pepper, Coy Farren, and Black Jake, etc. I just wish it didn't end, abruptly.
Nathan Partridge, who was a resident at Yuma Prison, Arizona Territory, escapes incarceration and is making his way home to Chimney Flats. Eight months earlier, a Superintendent at Yuma Prison, told him his farmhouse had burned to the ground and that his wife, Anna Marie, was killed in the fire. So, he hatches a plan to escape. Luckily, opportunity knocks, when some other prisoners decide to make a break for it, allowing him to escape, too.
The only thing that's kept him going, for the past five years is the thought of his wife and $80,000 in robbery money, which he had stashed away in the root cellar of the property. With his wife (supposedly) dead, that just leaves the money, which he believes will still be there for the taking. Or so he hopes.
With a bounty on his head, just about everybody is going to be looking to bring him in: bounty hunters, renegade Indians, miners, soldiers, etc, and a Deputy U.S. Marshal, John Pepper, who is renowned for not backing down, until he's caught his quarry. There are a myriad of other people out to get him, as well, and it's not for the bounty: it's because they know about the robbery money, too.
The Farren brothers, Coy and Lyle are probably the most disturbing characters. They spent some time at Elmira Camp, which was a Confederate Prison Camp during the Civil War, which reminded me of Camp Sumter, Andersonville, where the Union Soldiers were imprisoned.
Actually, Black Jake 'Devil Face' is the most repulsive character, then the Farren brothers.
The story is told from multiple POV - with each main character having sporadic flashbacks, giving some of their backstory. One of my favourite flashbacks, was of Partridge when he first met/joined Ben Kirkby's gang of Rustlers - and Kirkby is telling him about Apache Gerou, and that he's taking his place. That was quite amusing.
In summation: I really enjoyed this horror/western, more than I thought I would. It's packed with dark humour - which was strangely amusing, at times. I liked the flashbacks of: Partridge, Pepper, Coy Farren, and Black Jake, etc. I just wish it didn't end, abruptly.
November 28, 2016
Tim Curran is fast rising on my favorite authors list. The man can write enthralling books. With "Grim Riders" Mr. Curran gives the reader a Western that takes place in Arizona sometime in the 1890's that is heavily dosed with horror.
The Civil War had ended some years previously, and times were truly rough, especially out west. Outlaws were prevalent as many ex-solders were unable to find gainful employment. The mountains had scads of prospectors looking for a big score. The towns were filled with saloons and prostitutes.
We join Nathan Partridge just escaped from Prison for armed robbery of a stage coach and other crimes. Partridge had learned in prison that his home had burned down, and with it his wife, along with 80,000 dollars he had hidden there. But Partridge did't believe it.
Partridge is being pursued by a Federal Sheriff who prides himself in always capturing his man, alive or dead. We learn the backstories of these two men and the stories of others that they encounter. We meet sadistic killers, whores, cannibals, and much of the dredge of humanity in the search for Partridge reclaiming his money and the Sheriff claiming his prison escapee.
The book is at times extremely violent, sexually explicit, nauseatingly descriptive and yet manages to stay true to itself. Curran manages to show the reader the dark side of the old west, and yet rings truer than most of the sanitized versions shown by many others. Food was scare, times were rough, and people were untrusting, with good cause. Death came easy and of course times were grim.
The search for other Tim Curran books has picked up a notch.
This is copy number 14 of 52 copies signed and numbered by Tim Curran.
This book is number 3 in the Douglas Western series published by Thunderstorm Books.
The Civil War had ended some years previously, and times were truly rough, especially out west. Outlaws were prevalent as many ex-solders were unable to find gainful employment. The mountains had scads of prospectors looking for a big score. The towns were filled with saloons and prostitutes.
We join Nathan Partridge just escaped from Prison for armed robbery of a stage coach and other crimes. Partridge had learned in prison that his home had burned down, and with it his wife, along with 80,000 dollars he had hidden there. But Partridge did't believe it.
Partridge is being pursued by a Federal Sheriff who prides himself in always capturing his man, alive or dead. We learn the backstories of these two men and the stories of others that they encounter. We meet sadistic killers, whores, cannibals, and much of the dredge of humanity in the search for Partridge reclaiming his money and the Sheriff claiming his prison escapee.
The book is at times extremely violent, sexually explicit, nauseatingly descriptive and yet manages to stay true to itself. Curran manages to show the reader the dark side of the old west, and yet rings truer than most of the sanitized versions shown by many others. Food was scare, times were rough, and people were untrusting, with good cause. Death came easy and of course times were grim.
The search for other Tim Curran books has picked up a notch.
This is copy number 14 of 52 copies signed and numbered by Tim Curran.
This book is number 3 in the Douglas Western series published by Thunderstorm Books.
February 26, 2022
Alright Tim Curran fucking rules this is my first time reading him and I will definitely be reading more. This for me was like watching the old Clint Eastwood spaghetti western like fist full of dollars, the good the bad and the ugly movies like that but with way more guns blood and guts. This is my kind of western it really did just remind me of those movies. I dug this a lot just a good shoot'em western highly recommend. Tim Curran you got a new fan.
June 23, 2015
I don't have a "Westerns" shelf on Goodreads, and that's because I don't normally read westerns. I watch them, no problem; but for some reason, reading a western has only rarely ever appealed.
Then I saw Tim Curran had written a western and I thought: "Why the hell not?"
And at this juncture, I'd just like to give myself a little pat on the back. Because Grim Riders is pretty damn good.
I went in knowing very little, and I believe Grim Riders is one of those books that the average reader will appreciate more knowing as little as possible. So I'll sum it up in one single sentence: Norman Patridge, a hard-ass if ever there was one, has busted out of prison and is trying to find the money he left with his wife before she and their house burnt to the ground - even if all manner of people (including the law) are going to get in his way ...
There. Sound western-y enough? Well, it is. It hits all the major tropes of the genre, and then some, but still with Curran's particular sensibilities woven throughout. On the less good side are the passages of overly verbose scenery setting, but on the much better end of the scale are the extremely gory details of the carnage bullets wreak, as well as some nasty scenes describing what those with the taste for human flesh do to their victims. Best of all, Curran paints a picture of a world where there are very few genuinely good people. Most are varying shades of gray, and for that alone, this is a read that stands apart from the (relatively few) other westerns I've waded through.
And if in the end, the various storylines don't intersect quite as spectacularly as I was hoping, this can totally be forgiven, because Grim Riders is a captivating dark western from a man who normally deals with tentacles, spiders, ventriloquist dolls and death in many forms. If this is a typical example of what to expect when Curran plays outside his usual sandbox, here's to him spreading his wings a little more often.
4 Dinner Plate Sized Holes in a Man's Chest for Grim Riders.
Then I saw Tim Curran had written a western and I thought: "Why the hell not?"
And at this juncture, I'd just like to give myself a little pat on the back. Because Grim Riders is pretty damn good.
I went in knowing very little, and I believe Grim Riders is one of those books that the average reader will appreciate more knowing as little as possible. So I'll sum it up in one single sentence: Norman Patridge, a hard-ass if ever there was one, has busted out of prison and is trying to find the money he left with his wife before she and their house burnt to the ground - even if all manner of people (including the law) are going to get in his way ...
There. Sound western-y enough? Well, it is. It hits all the major tropes of the genre, and then some, but still with Curran's particular sensibilities woven throughout. On the less good side are the passages of overly verbose scenery setting, but on the much better end of the scale are the extremely gory details of the carnage bullets wreak, as well as some nasty scenes describing what those with the taste for human flesh do to their victims. Best of all, Curran paints a picture of a world where there are very few genuinely good people. Most are varying shades of gray, and for that alone, this is a read that stands apart from the (relatively few) other westerns I've waded through.
And if in the end, the various storylines don't intersect quite as spectacularly as I was hoping, this can totally be forgiven, because Grim Riders is a captivating dark western from a man who normally deals with tentacles, spiders, ventriloquist dolls and death in many forms. If this is a typical example of what to expect when Curran plays outside his usual sandbox, here's to him spreading his wings a little more often.
4 Dinner Plate Sized Holes in a Man's Chest for Grim Riders.
July 15, 2017
Curran at his absolute best.
October 31, 2020
I'm positive a twelve year old wrote this and his helicopter parents published it because it's the best thing they ever read. That's probably Dad posing as the bandito on the cover.
July 3, 2021
THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL" RUN-OF-THE-MILL" WESTERN, SUCH AS THE LIKES OF A LOUIS L'AMOUR, OR WILLIAM JOHNSTONE NOVEL..ALTHOUGH I CAN'T SAY I'VE READ ANYTHING FROM EITHER OF THOSE AUTHORS SO WHAT WOULD I ACTUALLY KNOW THEN? AT FIRST, BEING A HORROR AFFICIANDO I WAS WONDERING MYSELF WHY AM I EVEN INTERESTED IN THIS. SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT I DID READ IT AND I EVEN READ IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, SO THAT MEANS THAT THIS IS SIMILAR TO HORROR, IN A WESTERN SORT OF WAY.. THERE'S PLENTY OF BLOOD, GUTS, GORE AND EVEN CANIBALISM (YUMMY) ..THIS STORY CENTERS AROUND A MANHUNT FOR AN ESCAPED PRISONER WHO IS KNOWN TO HAVE A SIZEABLE BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD. SECONDARY TO THAT ARE THE CAST OF CHARACTERS WHO LINE UP BY HOOK OR CROOK, HAPPENSTANCE, AND SERIOUS INTENT TO ACTUALLY APPREHEND THIS VARMINT DEAD OR ALIVE, INCLUDING A "GHOST" FROM THE PAST WHO NO ONE KNOWS WHETHER THEY ARE REALLY A GHOST OR A FIGMENT OF SOMEONE'S IMAGINATION. THIS IS SERIOUSLY WORTH A READ.. FOR ANY MYSTERY, SUSPENSE OR HORROR BUFF. THE SITUATIONS THAT THESE" BOUNTY HUNTERS" ENCOUNTER, HOW THEY MEET THEIR DEMISE (OR NOT) AND WHO SHOWS UP AT THE END WILL KEEP YOU ENGAGED AND ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT UNTIL THE FINAL PAGE. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK
October 7, 2015
Another fantastic read from Tim Curran. I love his early stuff. This one is on par with Skin Medicine, Biohazard, and Devil Next Door, which in my opinion are classics. Great story structure, dark and dirty characters, this one was a ton of fun.
June 9, 2013
Excellent western - great characters and filled with the aftermath of the confederate war - great if gory telling of revenge and greed - looking forward to the others in the series
October 12, 2020
4 STARS
March 27, 2021
“…he knew dead when he saw it…its look, its smell...that stink was…thick as rot in a coffin.”
After reading several mediocre westerns recently I thought that I would read something that I knew that I would like. So, I picked the western Grim Riders by the ever-reliable Tim Curran.
In Grim Riders Nathan Partridge has just spent five years in the Arizona Territorial Prison just struggling to survive when he gets the word that his home in Chimney Flats had burned down and the fire had also killed his wife Anna Marie.
So, he busts out of prison to get back to the old homestead to see what really went down in Chimney Flats. And yes, after he gets there, he finds that his house did burn down, but his wife didn’t die, and that the $80,000 dollars that he has buried from his days from the now extinct Gila Gang has disappeared with her.
He then meets the crooked Sheriff Josh Kreger while investigating Anna Marie’s grave, and Kreger steers him towards Dead Creek where he has heard the rumor that Nathan’s wife has done gone and opened up a high class house of pleasure and entertainment. And so off he goes, not aware that he is being manipulated, and that he is being followed by countless bounty hunters. Among these bounty hunters is the legendary manhunter Marshal John Pepper, who has never
NOT gotten his man, and is looking to retire with one last great manhunt.
While a pretty straightforward tale, Curran does give us a lot of flashbacks so that this novel, which is just jam packed with examples of Curran’s ability to create grotesque and unusual characters. A great many of these characters will each have their own moment in the sun, along with having their own backstory, so that each important character, both hunter and prey, becomes somebody identifiable, or of interest, to the reader.
For example, there’s the rat-like Coy Farren and his hulking brain-dead brother John Lyle, a pair of cannibal killers, that would have gotten a novel of their own from a lesser author. They are also a pair that are possibly hiding something horrible in one of their wagons.
Then there’s the horribly scarred “Black Jake” Partridge, the psychotic father of Nathan, long though dead, but whose death my have been greatly exaggerated, but who’s cold, and evil cruel nature has not been.
There’s also Gibbons, an eccentric ex-miner whose cartoonishness is soon countered by his deadliness as he becomes Nathan’s self-appointed guardian angel.
There are others, but let’s not forget Anna Marie her ownself, Redheaded, luscious, buxom, beautiful, treacherous, manipulative, ambitious, and niece of John Pepper
While most of the character’s here get to tell their stories, this is a novel that mostly revolves around Nathan’s hunt for his stolen $80,000 and for Anna Marie.
All of these various disparate stories start off as fragments only to slowly braid themselves together into one solid whole, and leading to not one, but several exciting climaxes, because, y’know, this being a Tim Curran novel one explosive climax just ain’t enough.
Except for some redundancies, people keep getting shot in the head and all, Curran does an excellent job in marrying the traditional pulp western novel, the violent seventies western paperback pulp and Italian western movie, and Curran’s own patented tendency for weird and bizarre characters. Curran also gives us that one strong male character for whom the novel’s story will always revolve around; no matter how flawed becomes the novel’s moral center. This is something that can be seen in almost all of his novels, and he doesn’t fail to deliver here.
Curran is also somebody that never fails to wear his influences on his sleeve. Maybe I’m wrong, but the name Nathan Partridge comes from the writer Norman Partridge, the look of “Black Jake” seems to be lifted from Jonah Hex, and John Pepper seems to be a meaner version of John Wayne in The Searchers .
All-in-all, a fine, if sometimes brutal, modern non-fantasy western for Tim Curran and modern western fans.
After reading several mediocre westerns recently I thought that I would read something that I knew that I would like. So, I picked the western Grim Riders by the ever-reliable Tim Curran.
In Grim Riders Nathan Partridge has just spent five years in the Arizona Territorial Prison just struggling to survive when he gets the word that his home in Chimney Flats had burned down and the fire had also killed his wife Anna Marie.
So, he busts out of prison to get back to the old homestead to see what really went down in Chimney Flats. And yes, after he gets there, he finds that his house did burn down, but his wife didn’t die, and that the $80,000 dollars that he has buried from his days from the now extinct Gila Gang has disappeared with her.
He then meets the crooked Sheriff Josh Kreger while investigating Anna Marie’s grave, and Kreger steers him towards Dead Creek where he has heard the rumor that Nathan’s wife has done gone and opened up a high class house of pleasure and entertainment. And so off he goes, not aware that he is being manipulated, and that he is being followed by countless bounty hunters. Among these bounty hunters is the legendary manhunter Marshal John Pepper, who has never
NOT gotten his man, and is looking to retire with one last great manhunt.
While a pretty straightforward tale, Curran does give us a lot of flashbacks so that this novel, which is just jam packed with examples of Curran’s ability to create grotesque and unusual characters. A great many of these characters will each have their own moment in the sun, along with having their own backstory, so that each important character, both hunter and prey, becomes somebody identifiable, or of interest, to the reader.
For example, there’s the rat-like Coy Farren and his hulking brain-dead brother John Lyle, a pair of cannibal killers, that would have gotten a novel of their own from a lesser author. They are also a pair that are possibly hiding something horrible in one of their wagons.
Then there’s the horribly scarred “Black Jake” Partridge, the psychotic father of Nathan, long though dead, but whose death my have been greatly exaggerated, but who’s cold, and evil cruel nature has not been.
There’s also Gibbons, an eccentric ex-miner whose cartoonishness is soon countered by his deadliness as he becomes Nathan’s self-appointed guardian angel.
There are others, but let’s not forget Anna Marie her ownself, Redheaded, luscious, buxom, beautiful, treacherous, manipulative, ambitious, and niece of John Pepper
While most of the character’s here get to tell their stories, this is a novel that mostly revolves around Nathan’s hunt for his stolen $80,000 and for Anna Marie.
All of these various disparate stories start off as fragments only to slowly braid themselves together into one solid whole, and leading to not one, but several exciting climaxes, because, y’know, this being a Tim Curran novel one explosive climax just ain’t enough.
Except for some redundancies, people keep getting shot in the head and all, Curran does an excellent job in marrying the traditional pulp western novel, the violent seventies western paperback pulp and Italian western movie, and Curran’s own patented tendency for weird and bizarre characters. Curran also gives us that one strong male character for whom the novel’s story will always revolve around; no matter how flawed becomes the novel’s moral center. This is something that can be seen in almost all of his novels, and he doesn’t fail to deliver here.
Curran is also somebody that never fails to wear his influences on his sleeve. Maybe I’m wrong, but the name Nathan Partridge comes from the writer Norman Partridge, the look of “Black Jake” seems to be lifted from Jonah Hex, and John Pepper seems to be a meaner version of John Wayne in The Searchers .
All-in-all, a fine, if sometimes brutal, modern non-fantasy western for Tim Curran and modern western fans.
March 10, 2018
While I may have grown up watching Westerns on a television set about as big as a pony, I have to admit that I never really indulged in the genre outside of motion pictures. Okay so maybe on occasion I read a bodice ripper or two that was set in the Wild West and may have had some smoking Native American man on the cover but that was far from the gritty tales shown on the television...And then came Mr. Curran. I have been a fan of his chilling tales for a minute but after reading one of his western-horror tales, I found that I had to read another.
Okay so Mr. Curran is brilliant at creating atmosphere and telling yarns. He peppers enough history into the tale to ground it against the nigh supernatural elements, which only enhances the believably. The core of this tale is simple: Outlaw, Nathan Partridge busts out of jail in search of loot he stashed and a better life. I don't have to mention that jail is a hellish place or that many of the men pursuing him are akin to demons. Sure there are lawmen after him, who don't bear saintly qualities but they pale in comparison to the bounty hunters, scamps and outlaws who want that loot for themselves.
Hard to put down, this tale carries you through saloons, brothels, mining camps and the trail with destruction and suspense. Although it ended a little too soon for me ( I'm greedy) the ending was a satisfying confrontation and wrap up...that left me wanting more still.
Western horror as a genre...Whoa...Who knew? But the important thing is I know now, thanks to Mr. Curran who is an expert at it!
Okay so Mr. Curran is brilliant at creating atmosphere and telling yarns. He peppers enough history into the tale to ground it against the nigh supernatural elements, which only enhances the believably. The core of this tale is simple: Outlaw, Nathan Partridge busts out of jail in search of loot he stashed and a better life. I don't have to mention that jail is a hellish place or that many of the men pursuing him are akin to demons. Sure there are lawmen after him, who don't bear saintly qualities but they pale in comparison to the bounty hunters, scamps and outlaws who want that loot for themselves.
Hard to put down, this tale carries you through saloons, brothels, mining camps and the trail with destruction and suspense. Although it ended a little too soon for me ( I'm greedy) the ending was a satisfying confrontation and wrap up...that left me wanting more still.
Western horror as a genre...Whoa...Who knew? But the important thing is I know now, thanks to Mr. Curran who is an expert at it!
August 24, 2017
A thoroughly enjoyable 'Weird West' outing from TSB's Douglas Westerns line. I had read the previous two in this production line and was unimpressed with one and found the other to be mediocre. GRIM RIDERS, however, which was my first experience with Tim Curran, was an absolute filthy pleasure.
The tumbleweeds are thick with grunge and always spattered with bits of gore in this re-tread of the time-honored classic themes of pursued convict, strange bedfellows, and dark family ties. What sets it apart, however, are the intricately rich characterizations of the players. A vertible sideshow routine of genteel cannibals, burn-scarred ultra-villains, crooked lawmen, brain-damaged Marshals, inbred bounty hunters, feral banditos, and pre-pubescent necrophile triplets cavort across the pages of this rip-roaring novel, ensuring a good time is had for those whose tastes do not lean towards the overly discerning.
A guilty pleasure indeed, but a truly enjoyable one. This book has restored my faith in the 'weird west' sub-genre after it had been soundly rattled by too many forays into mediocrity.
The tumbleweeds are thick with grunge and always spattered with bits of gore in this re-tread of the time-honored classic themes of pursued convict, strange bedfellows, and dark family ties. What sets it apart, however, are the intricately rich characterizations of the players. A vertible sideshow routine of genteel cannibals, burn-scarred ultra-villains, crooked lawmen, brain-damaged Marshals, inbred bounty hunters, feral banditos, and pre-pubescent necrophile triplets cavort across the pages of this rip-roaring novel, ensuring a good time is had for those whose tastes do not lean towards the overly discerning.
A guilty pleasure indeed, but a truly enjoyable one. This book has restored my faith in the 'weird west' sub-genre after it had been soundly rattled by too many forays into mediocrity.
May 2, 2019
I really enjoyed most of the western which has some great characters and well done descriptions of the old west. The main character is great and well developed with a great back story which of course impacts the plot. The antagonists are many and varied. My only problem was that the ending was wrapped up to quickly. Tim should have let it play out a bit longer and resolved some of the threads more separately from each other. Still a great book in the classic western vein but with some horror elements mixed in. No monsters or weird west here though.
February 19, 2018
I bought this book based solely on the cover. I didn't read the synopsis but I knew I liked Tim's work. For some reason I had got it into my head that this was going to be a book about a motor cycle club with elements of horror. It wasn't. It was a western with no horror elements so I couldn't have been more wrong. That being said, I absolutely loved this book. The story drew me in from the very start and the pace kept up the whole way through. Some great characters and I really enjoy Tim's style of story telling. Whether you are a fan of westerns or not, I think you will enjoy this one. An easy 5 stars.
May 3, 2022
Curran’s writing is beautiful as ever, but I have just never been able to get into western hororr outside of a few books. Glad I read it but I was more than ready to move on by the time I finished this.
July 20, 2015
Tim Curran is one of my favorite authors working today. This novel, recently reissued after being out of print for over ten years, is a fantastic hardcore western with some shocking horrific elements. An absolute blast to read. Highest recommendation.
December 21, 2015
I really enjoyed this Western. I can see Quentin Tarantino making it into a movie.
February 10, 2016
Love the hell out of this book. I want more cowboys from Curran!
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